somewhatsome‧what /ˈsʌmwɒt $ -wɑːt/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL adverb 
The price is somewhat higher than I expected. Things have changed somewhat since then.somewhat of To say that I was surprised is somewhat of an understatement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- My husband has a somewhat higher opinion of Mr Jones than I do.
- The ambassador looked somewhat irritated by the interruption.
- The price is somewhat higher than I expected.
- This year's celebrations should be somewhat larger than last year's.
- As we fall asleep our mental state becomes somewhat unpredictable from such gross measures.
- Employment here peaked in 1975 and had somewhat recovered from its lowest level of 1981 by 1984.
- Gloag had a deformity of the right arm and a somewhat high-pitched voice, but overall made a forceful impression.
- Most Holy Trinity parishioners see matters somewhat differently.
- Some might see it somewhat differently.
- The correlation here is somewhat subtle and depends on whether one is near to the bifurcation points or far from them.
- The Titan was designed to use only storable propellants, at the price of somewhat inferior specific impulse.
- This is somewhat like making the target broader so that it becomes easier to hit.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a situation or decision is fair
if something is fairly heavy, fairly easy etc, it is more than a little heavy or easy, but it is not very heavy or very easy: · The house has a fairly big living room.· She was fairly certain that she had been there before.· The disease is still fairly common in many countries.
especially British if something is quite heavy, quite easy etc, it is more than a little heavy or easy, but it is not very heavy or very easy: · The hotel was quite expensive.· Geoffrey was young, handsome and probably quite wealthy.· I quite like it here but I'd rather live in Manchester.quite a long way/a nice day/a good book etc: · It's quite a long way to the church from here.· I thought it was quite an interesting movie.quite a lot: · Mick and Carla have been together quite a lot recently.
spoken more than a little, but not very: · It's pretty cold today.· "It's pretty tough work," he wearily confessed.· "Hi Beth, how are you?" "Pretty good. And you?"· I felt pretty nervous going into the exam, but after I got started I loosened up some.
formal more than a little, but not very: · The food was only moderately good - nothing special.· The guidebook describes the climb as "moderately difficult".· While his career as a pro football player was moderately successful, he certainly wasn't famous.· She did moderately well in her final examinations.
especially British much more than a little, but not very - use this especially to describe something bad, unsuitable etc: · Gail seems rather unhappy today.· The attendance figures for this year's festival were rather disappointing.rather a long way/a short dress etc: · Unfortunately, we're rather a long way from the airport.rather a lot: · She was wearing rather a lot of make-up.
formal use this especially to talk about something that is in fact more than a little annoying, big, high etc but you do not want to say this directly: · The ambassador looked somewhat irritated by the interruption.· My husband has a somewhat higher opinion of Mr Jones than I do.· This year's celebrations should be somewhat larger than last year's.
to a satisfactory level or degree: · She speaks Spanish reasonably well.· Kevin is a hard worker and reasonably intelligent but he has never been promoted.· Chao is still in reasonably good health.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The price is somewhat higher than I expected.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
more than a little but not verysomewhat larger/higher/newer etc The price is somewhat higher than I expected. (=slightly embarrassed)· His family seemed somewhat embarrassed to be there.
(=a little excessive)· I thought her reaction was somewhat excessive.
(=fairly relieved – often used when someone is actually very relieved)· I was somewhat relieved to hear the wine was £20, not £200 a bottle.
· Their reactions were somewhat similar.
· He was a little surprised by her request.
· The design of the house was somewhat unusual.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Different scientists or groups of scientists may well interpret and apply the paradigm in a somewhat different way.· De Lavallade lived in a somewhat different world from most of the other students at Jefferson.· A somewhat different system simulated the effect of momentarily jamming an iron bar across the terminals in the substation.· Patients with left temporal foci-on average, and not reliably-are said to have somewhat different personalities, at least in some studies.· Matters are somewhat different when we come to dispositions where the modus is in the public interest.· In the cinema the situation is somewhat different.· We can therefore think of there being two somewhat different extra-sentential effects of context in language comprehension.· They appear to be made of the same materials as the C asteroids, but in somewhat different proportions.
· These changes may result in somewhat greater reductions in employee numbers than we had previously envisaged, in addition to any transfer out of teams.· On the Economic Front Let us now examine some of the elements of the new situation in somewhat greater detail.· Indeed, the overall declines in civic engagement are somewhat greater among housewives than among employed women.
· Plasma nicotine concentrations with Nicostop were somewhat higher.· Job dissatisfaction was somewhat higher than usual.· Squirrels are somewhat higher, about 1.5.· One month later a second satellite was launched into a somewhat higher orbit, of between 234 and 244 miles.· Then go for a rate somewhat higher to ensure that the required altitude is reached before the turn. 5.· Clinton suffered an unusual tear that was somewhat higher in his thigh than typical, his doctors said.· This would give a pattern of low rates in current and recent takers followed by somewhat higher rates in former takers.· Starting salaries and annual earnings in the manufacturing sector usually were somewhat higher.
· Another somewhat larger sliver of flesh, the lancelet, also has one.· Bird shot it would have been or somewhat larger.· Edgcote House, situated about 8 miles northwest of Brackley, was a somewhat larger house than Weston Hall.· The first Melbourne station, at Spencer Street, was a somewhat larger three-span shed with a side building.· Henceforth, only the player's names, writ somewhat larger than before, appear by the two grandmasters on the stage.· Second-century examples were somewhat larger, with a series of timber uprights defining two separate rooms.· Use a large landing net, somewhat larger than the size of fish you hope to catch.· At the back was a somewhat larger desk, occupied by a bald-headed man wearing pince-nez.
· From 1968 onwards, the growth targets became somewhat lower but continued to be too optimistic.· Revenue was also somewhat lower than expected.· In this case the potential economies will be somewhat low and the impact of their realisation minimal.· But the odds seem somewhat lower than they were during primary infection.
· A somewhat similar process could he used to produce thrust for a spacecraft.· Britain was at a somewhat similar stage by the first decade of the twentieth century.· The Roscoe-Rathbone circle in Liverpool constituted a somewhat similar predominantly Unitarian intellectual-literary-reformist complex.· Changing attitude and power a certain amount will, on average, produce a somewhat similar result.· The bounds are not particularly close except when the phases have somewhat similar properties.· My second machine was somewhat similar, but had more needles.· A somewhat similar result was obtained using 28S rRNA.· This is somewhat similar to what is now recognised in animal conflict.
· The ratios obtained by triangulation are somewhat smaller than those produced by Methods 1-3.· In practice a somewhat smaller interval can be used to speed up calculations.· His eyes are black and somewhat small, and he does peep so queerly with them!· Netscape 6 bucks the trend by being somewhat smaller than past releases.· Freiburg Minster is somewhat smaller, but also on parish church pattern.
· Because they lead somewhat unusual lives, college teachers are often subjected to this type of elaborate caricature.· The manual is somewhat unusual in that it actually makes sense.· The case has a somewhat unusual history, for this is the second hearing in this court concerning this case.· A young man had epilepsy in a somewhat unusual form.· In another sense, the current romance rage is somewhat unusual.· There are two examples, albeit somewhat unusual ones.· There were hundreds of pictures on that wall, forming a somewhat unusual collage.
VERB· When he discovered that I, with two artificial legs, had succeeded he became somewhat uneasy.· They may be able to help the unbalanced and mentally unstable to become somewhat more balanced and stable, we admit.· These lumps can become somewhat rounded through rolling and they are piled up on top of each other to create pillow lava.· The political and economic influence of the United States in the future may become somewhat less because of this limited ideological approach.· The task of philosophy itself became somewhat downgraded if, like all other knowledge, it was socially determined.· Travel suppliers have become somewhat more bureaucratic about what they will and will not refund.· As we fall asleep our mental state becomes somewhat unpredictable from such gross measures.· I became somewhat indignant-understandably-and demanded to speak with the captain.
· It has to be closely supervised but provides a good job for any adult who might be feeling somewhat self-conscious.· When you have a real promotion, it is normal to feel somewhat overwhelmed.· She still felt somewhat on probation within the group: Sam hadn't looked too keen when Evelyn had brought her in.· A pint of strong black coffee, however, relaxes the system, and soon we feel somewhat refreshed.· First, the manager himself may feel somewhat shy about creating formal coaching sessions.· We feel somewhat uneasy about using the word civilization in its old sense, connoting human excellence or superiority.· Now he felt somewhat more cautious about the matter.· My wife and i feel somewhat denied.
· He looks somewhat gloomy and withdrawn.· The women, who, 15 years ago, epitomized a diversity approaching quirkiness, now look somewhat more homogenized.· Moreover, it looked somewhat more romantic.· Gordon looked somewhat Ivy League, with raffish touches that dated from the early 1970s.· Straight on, either front or back, the human being tends to look somewhat banal.· The reporters have dispersed, and the two of them actually look somewhat forlorn when I come by.· Spa towns, though, are all the better for looking somewhat passé and Eaux-Bonnes is more passé than most.· Most are wearing this strange garb with patterns that look somewhat like a zebra.
· This seems somewhat cool behaviour, considering that the governors appear to have done nothing to put the medal up for competition.· This can not be verified and seems somewhat early but, given the constant maritime traffic, not altogether impossible.· Schmitthoff's views, expressed in 1951, seem somewhat premature.· Any judicial act of line-drawing may seem somewhat arbitrary, but Roe was a reasoned statement, elaborated with great care.· And its faxed decision seemed somewhat ambiguous.· Although holograms still seem somewhat mysterious to most of the general population, they are becoming more common.
The price is somewhat higher than I expected. Things have changed somewhat since then.somewhat of To say that I was surprised is somewhat of an understatement.